‘For any man who has a defect shall not approach: a man blind or lame, who has a marred face or any limb too long,[1]Leviticus 21:18

Leviticus is a book that has two major themes, the roll of the priests and the holiness of God. In the book we see that God chooses to differentiate between people constantly. We see here for example that the law prohibits men with defects from serving in the tabernacle and afterwards mentions various problems that leave a man disqualified for service. What we see in the physical world in the Old Testament applies in the spiritual in the New Testament. 1 Peter tells us that we, as Christians are a spiritual priesthood.

The verse that we’re looking at today says that no one that is blind can serve en the temple. It’s important for us as Christians to see things clearly. That requires knowledge of God’s word. If we don’t understand God’s word we can’t see the things that we have to deal with in the church clearly for example. Many Christians give counsel or make decisions based on worldly wisdom or based on their emotions and they forget about God’s word. Sometimes they do it without knowing that they’re making a wrong decision. Psalm 119:105 says, “Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.”

Now remember, when we talk about knowledge of God’s word, we’re speaking about Biblical principles that must govern our lives everyday. Knowledge of the word of God helps us to make wise decisions because we know automatically that there are certain things that we should and certain things that we shouldn’t do.

The idea of not being blind to be able to serve in the tabernacle has to do with seeing what’s happening around us and being able to judge the situation in a right way. Seeing the things correctly means we are able to discern and correct problems that many for many people aren’t obvious or even visible.

How’s your vision? Physically speaking I’ve been noticing that I need to get my eyes checked. It’s getting hard for me to read the Bible if I don’t hold it at just the right distance. I didn’t have this problem before. Over the years some things have changed. In the spiritual world it’s so important to understand that the fact that you used to see well doesn’t mean that you automatically see well today. Sometimes we need a correction. We need to take the time out to go to the Lord’s office and have Him check us out. I need Him to tell me the truth.

Let’s pray that the Lord will give us good vision. We want to keep serving Him in the correct way and with a lot of excitement. We want to see the details. We don’t want to see the things all blurry.